Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies
There’s nothing better than the smell of pumpkin and warm spices filling the kitchen on a crisp fall day. These Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies take classic pumpkin cookies up a notch with rich brown butter, maple syrup, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice for a soft, chewy treat that tastes like autumn in every bite.
The secret to these cookies starts with Member’s Mark™ Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter. Browning the butter until it reaches a rich amber color gives it a nutty, toasted flavor that adds extra depth to the cookies. Once cooled, it’s combined with Member’s Mark™ Light Brown Sugar, egg yolk, Member’s Mark™ Organic 100% Pure Maple Syrup, Rising Star Baking Supply Pure Vanilla Extract, and pumpkin puree. Member’s Mark™ All Purpose Flour, Clabber Girl® Baking Powder, baking soda, Mediterranean Sea Salt, Pumpkin Pie Spice Seasoning Blend, and Ground Cinnamon round out the dough with plenty of classic fall flavor.
Before baking, each scoop of dough gets rolled in a simple mixture of brown sugar, granulated sugar, and cinnamon. This coating adds a lightly crisp, sugary exterior that complements the soft center. Bake the cookies just until the edges are darkened while the centers still look slightly underdone, the cookies will continue to set as they cool, keeping them soft and chewy.
These Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies are perfect for fall baking, Halloween parties, Thanksgiving dessert tables, cookie exchanges, or simply enjoying with a cup of tea or Brown Sugar Cinnamon Shaken Espresso. The combination of pumpkin, maple, brown butter, and warm spices makes them especially cozy, while the cinnamon-sugar coating adds just the right amount of sweetness.
With Member’s Mark™ pantry staples, Rising Star Baking Supply Pure Vanilla Extract, and Clabber Girl® Baking Powder, these cookies are an easy way to bring big fall flavor to your next batch of homemade treats.
Brown Butter Pumpkin Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 cup Member's Mark™ Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter
- 1 ½ cups Member's Mark™ Light Brown Sugar packed
- 1 Egg yolk
- 3 tbsp Member's Mark™ Organic 100% Pure Maple Syrup
- 1 tsp Rising Star Baking Supply Pure Vanilla Extract
- ⅓ cup Pumpkin puree
- 2 ¼ cups Member's Mark™ All Purpose Flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- ½ tsp Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
- ½ tsp Member's Mark™ Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder
- 1 ½ tsp Member's Mark™ Pumpkin Pie Spice Seasoning Blend
- ½ tsp Member's Mark™ Ground Cinnamon
Coating
Instructions
- Melt 1 cup of Member's Mark™ Unsalted Sweet Cream Butter over medium heat, continue to stir until it turns a rich amber color and nutty smell.
- Pour the butter into a glass and place in the refrigerator to chill for about 20 minutes, no longer.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together Member's Mark™ All Purpose Flour, baking soda, Clabber Girl® Baking Powder, Member's Mark™ Mediterranean Sea Salt Grinder, Member's Mark™ Pumpkin Pie Spice Seasoning Blend, and Member's Mark™ Ground Cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, whisk together Member's Mark™ Light Brown Sugar and cooled brown butter. Whisk in the egg yolk, Member's Mark™ Organic 100% Pure Maple Syrup, Rising Star Baking Supply Pure Vanilla Extract, and pumpkin puree until smooth.
- Add in all the dry ingredients and mix well until dough is well combined. Set aside and mix together the coating ingredients in a small dish.
- Scoop out the dough, drop into the coating mixture and toss until well coated. Place onto the baking sheet, spaced about 3 inches apart. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges are darkened. The center may look slightly underdone.
- Allow to rest on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a cooling rake. Once cooled, serve and enjoy!
